Competition news

18 Jul 2008Deportivo visits the Kiryat Eliezer Stadium for its official debut on the season 2008/2009. The rival is Bnei Sakhnin and the competition is the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008. Itâ€™s the first official confrontation for the Galicians against an Israeli squad. The big doubt for coach Lotina continues to be Albert Lopo, while Sakhnin is facing the encounter with four important casualties in its squad.

18 Jul 2008Depor made its first step into the UEFA cup as Lotinaâ€™s team achieved an important 2-1 win in Haifa. The Galicians suffered in the first half, but everything was resolved in the first fifteen minutes of the second part. Valer??n and Lafita shined and were the best players for the visitors. Now Deportivo just need to administrate this victory during next Saturdayâ€™s match at the Riazor.

16 Jul 2008La liga released on Wednesday the calendar for the liga season 2008/2009. And the first rival for the Galicians is non-other than the current champion: Real Madrid. The second game will be against second place Villarreal while the last match is against Barcelona FC. In total, two matchdays will be played in midweek during the season.

13 Jul 2008Bnei Skahnin from Israel will be Deportivoâ€™s rival in the Intertoto cup. The Israeli team eliminated Macedonian Renova FK with a 3-1 global score. Now both sides will collide in a two leg-series that will give a ticket to the UEFA cup. The first leg will probably be played on Saturday 19th July in Israel.

12 Jul 2008Deportivo ended the tour in Denmark with a 1-1 draw against Brondby IF. The game was used as a testimonial to Pier Nielsen who is retiring from football. Valer??n and Lafita shined again, while Omar Bravo was unnoticed. Mista, the other signing for the striking zone, didnâ€™t play the game.

10 Jul 2008Deportivo started well the pre-season stage in Denmark. Lotinaâ€™s team achieved a 4-0 win over Fremad Amager, a second division tem in the Scandinavian country. The goals were scored by Verd??, Laure, Valer??n and Juan Rodriguez. Sergio and Lafita were the best players for Deportivo.

19 Jun 2008Numancia, M�laga and Sporting Gij�n are the three clubs that will replace Levante, Real Murcia and Zaragoza during the liga season 2008/2009. The new campaign kick-offs on August 31. Of the list of twenty clubs that will compete at Primera Divisi�n, Deportivo is the tenth in terms of seasons played in the highest division of Spain.

02 Jun 2008Deportivo will play the third round of the UEFA Intertoto cup at the end of July. The rival will be one of these three clubs: NK Rijeka (Croatia), FK Renova (Macedonia) or Bnei Sakhnin F.C. (Israel). The Croatian and the Macedonian team will face each other in the first round (between June 21 and 29) and the winner will meet the team from Israel in the second round.

31 May 2008Deportivo B wasn't able to hold on the pressure and fell at San Pablo. �cija played with its typical direct football, Tito Ramallo and his players were expecting for that, but they were unable to stop it as the local team scored two of its three goals trough a free-kick. The dream of the promotion in this wonderful season is over, as the time of some of the players at Fabril.